Screen Academy Foundation

Analysis

Screen Academy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Borehamwood. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Screen Academy Foundation reported income of £3.3m and spending of £2.3m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £3.3m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Screen Academy Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Friends of Migdal Ohr (£3.2m), Sceptre Education (£3.3m) and Marlborough College Foundation (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.